Shirt.



No. 813,774. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

A. F. CHASE.

SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.1, 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

A. P. CHASE.

SHIRT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1. 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET z.

k/ XL M/ PATENTED PEB. 27, 1906.

A. F. CHASE.

SHIRT..

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT.1. 1905.

3 SHEETSSHEET 3.

I u I I I I I n u Wibw .sses

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed September 1, 1905. Serial No. 276,676

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos F. CHASE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts; and I do hereby declare the following to-be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v The present invention relates to shirts, and has for its object to improve the construction of the bosom of a dress-shirt of the so-called coat type, in which the bosom opens at the front for the convenient putting on and taking off, and to so construct the bosom of such a shirt that it may be held in adjusted position by the usual collar-button at the neckband and another button at the lower end of the bosom, and while the overlapping and underlying sections of the bosom may be disconnected between these two points of fastening, allowing a certain amount of play conformable to the movements of the wearer, yet will maintain their proper relative adjustment.

A further object is to so construct the outer or overlapping section of the bosom as to produce when laundered a rounded straight edge from top to bottom and provide said overlapping section of the bosom with a reinforcing interfolding flap, receiving the edge of the underlying portion of the bosom, preventing the spreading or gaping of the bosom of the shirt and assisting materially in preventing the breaking and buckling of the bosom when worn.

To the above ends the present invention consists of .the improved shirt which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows in front elevation a shirt embodying my invention with the bosom closed and fastened in the position it will be in when in use. Fig. 2 shows a similar view of the upper portion of the shirt, showing the interfolding flap turned out to better show its construction. Figs. 3 and 4 show similar views to those shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and illustrating a modification. Fig. 5 shows a sectional view taken on the dotted line :10 as, Fig. 1, showing a portion of the bosom and illustrating the construction of the interfolding fiap. Fig. 6 shows a sectional view taken on the line y y, Fig. 2, through the bosom of the shirt and the interfolding flap. Fig. 7 shows a section on the line ac, Fig. 3. Fig. 8 shows a section to be described.

Similar reference characters will be employed throughout the specification and drawings to designate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, 1 is the body of the shirt, provided with a bosom 2 and a neckband 8, the bosom and body of the shirt opening down the front on the line 4, as usual in the case of a so-called coat-shirt. The bosom 2 consists of an overlapping section 5 and an underlying section 6, fastened together by means of a button 7 engaging buttonholes in the overlapping sections of the neckband and a button 8 engaging buttonholes in the overlapping sections of the bosom at the lower end of the bosom, and these fastenings 7 and 8 are the only connection between the overlapping edges of the bosom, although for ornamentation, if desired, one or more button or stud holes 9 may be placed in the overlapping section 5 of the bosom, but not passing through any other part of the shirt.

For the purpose of forming a union between the overlapping and underlying sections of the bosom the overlapping section 5 is provided with an interfolding flap 10, said flap forming an integral extension of the overlapping section 5 of the bosom and connected thereto by a folding joint 11 and provided with another and parallel folding joint 12, whereby said interfolding flap may be folded back beneath the overlapping section 5 of the bosom along the joint 11, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 5, and thence forwardly beneath the underlying section 6 of the bosom along the folding-line 12, the arrangement being such that the edge of the underlying section 6 of the bosom will be received between the sections of the interfolded flap 10 and bear against the fold at 12. By this arrangement the edge of the underlying section 6 of the bosom will be held between the sections of the interfolded flap 10, and when the shirt is on the pressure of the body of the wearer will tend to cause the flap 10' to closely embrace the edge of the underlying section 6.

The illustrations shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 will show more in detail the preferred form of constructing the overlapping section of the bosom and the interfolding flapthat is to say, the body of the interfolding flap will preferably be made of the same thickness as the sections of the bosom, the outer plies of the bosom being extended to form the outer plies of the flap, and assuming that the bosom is made of four plies, as shown in the sectional views, the flap Will also be made of four plies and the folding-lines 11 and 12 will be made only of two plies or the outer plies of the bosom, as shown clearly in the sectional views.

In the modified form of my invention shown in Figs. 3, 4, 7, and 8 the interfolding flap will be provided with an extended end or tab 13, provided with a buttonhole 14, arranged to pass through a. buttonhole 15 and engage a button 16 on the outside of the shirt, or, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 8, the tab will be provided with a buttonhole to receive a button, the head of which will engage a buttonhole in the shirt.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A shirt provided with a bosom composed of overlapping and underlying sections, the overlapping section being provided along its edge with a flap folded back beneath the edge of the overlapping section and thence folded forward upon itself forming a pocket to receive the edge of the underlying section, substantially as described.

2. A shirt provided with a bosom comprising overlapplng and underlying sections, the overla ping section being provided with an interfo ding flap, the said fiap united to the edge of the overlapping section of the bosom by a weakened folding joint and provided with an intermediate weakened folding joint, substantially as described.

3. A shirt provided with a bosom comprising overlapping and underlying sections, the overlapping section provided with an interfolding flap arranged to receive the edge of 5 0 the underlying section, said flap provided.

with a tab, said tab engaging a button, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMOS F. CHASE.

Witnesses T. HART ANDERSON, GHARLOTTE A. GEMMEL. 

